There was a train accident on June 2 in Odisha that is still affecting train travel. The South Central Railway (SCR) has cancelled a few trains until June 9 because of the accident. The Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express derailed in the Kharagpur-Bhadrak section of South Eastern Railway, causing five trains scheduled to start on June 6 to be cancelled. These include the 12863 Howrah – SMVT Bengaluru, 12839 Howrah – MGR Chennai Central, 22642 Shalimar – Thiruvananthapuram, 18047 Shalimar – Vasco-Da-Gama, and 22825 Shalimar – MGR Chennai Central.
On June 7, more trains will be cancelled, including the 17603/18047 (Slip Coaches) Kacheguda/Shalimar – Vasco-Da-Gama, 18045 Shalimar – Hyderabad, 18046 Hyderabad – Shalimar, 22831 Howrah – Sri Sathya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam, 12254 Bhagalpur – SMVT Bengaluru, 12839 Howrah – MGR Chennai Central, 22842 Tambaram-Santragachi, and 22503 Kanniyakumari – Dibrugarh. Two trains scheduled for June 8, the 12864 SMVT Bengaluru – Howrah and 22888 SMVT Bengaluru – Howrah, have also been cancelled. On June 9, four more trains will remain cancelled, including the train number 122832 Sri Sathya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam – Howrah, 18048 Vasco-Da-Gama – Shalimar, and 18048/17604 (Slip Coaches) Vasco-Da-Gama – Shalimar/Kacheguda, and 12503 SMVT Bengaluru – Agartala.
In addition to the train cancellations due to the accident, the SCR has cancelled four more trains from June 7 to June 13 for operational reasons. These include the train number 07596 Kacheguda – Nizamabad, 07593 Nizamabad – Kacheguda, 07854 Nanded – Nizamabad, and 07853 Nizamabad – Nanded.
